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The sweating sicknes.

The sweating sickness was an illness that only occurred during a small period of time, notably in the Tudor Era. It usually hit the strong young people, leaving them with pain, fever, and ceaseless sweating. It was almost always deadly, and could kill within a few hours. Anne Boleyn was known to have fallen ill with it in 1528, and although she survived, her brother-in-law William Carey was not so lucky.smallpox.Smallpox is another epidemic that took England by storm. When a person caught smallpox, they got bumps and rashes all over them, and although it was possible to survive it, the patient usually ended up scarred for life. Elizabeth I came down with smallpox very early in her reign, and managed to get away with minor scars, but her friend Mary Sidney, who cared for her during her illness, caught it from her and was scarred so badly she refused to show her face at court again.Scrofula.Scrofula is a type of skin disease. In Medieval times, it was known as "The King's Evil." A touch from a monarch was supposed to cure the disease, so kings would touch any subject that had the disease. They would also bless special rings to give to scrofula victims, as another cure. This disease was not always deadly, but it affected many people during this time period.Tuberculosis.This disease is probably more common today than any of the other diseases on this page. Because of the poor health conditions in the Tudor Era, it was very common, and always deadly. Tuberculosis is when the lungs fill with fluid and begin to deteriorate. It can be spread through air easily, if an infected person coughs. A very serious symptom is when the infected person starts coughing up blood. A few Tudors died of this disease: Edward VI, Henry Fitzroy, and possibly Henry VII.Puerperal Fever.Unlike the other diseases on this page, puerperal fever was not an epidemic that spread from one person to another. This disease, however, was extremely common in Tudor England. Women often came down with "childbed fever," as it was more commonly called, shortly after having children. It was caused by an infection, and there was no cure for it back then. The woman would have a fever, become delirious, and eventually die. Two famous women who succumbed to this disease were Jane Seymour and Katherine Parr.The Plague.The plague is perhaps one of the most famous sicknesses during this time. Like the sweating sickness, it was very deadly, and every few years or so it would sweep through the country in a massive epidemic. It could kill off thousands of Englishmen in only a few weeks, and when it hit London the King and his court would flee to the countryside, which was supposedly healthier. It was said to have been spread by rats, although no one back then knew how sickness occurred and could only hope that it passed you by. The plague died out along with the sweating sickness long ago.TUDOR DISEASE CURES AND MEDECINE.There was no real cure for any of these diseases, but Tudor doctors tried their hardest to make their patients healthy again. A basic belief in the Tudor Era was that the health of the body relied on keeping a balance of the four "humors" of the body: yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, and blood. Because of this belief, bleeding was a common "cure" for almost any disease or ailment. This was done by either physically cutting the patient and letting them bleed into a basin, or putting leeches on the patient. Herbal remedies were also very popular, but not very effective.

This is a tudor doctor. they were around when someone had the plague this was kind of a sireous illness.they used to wear a metal suit so they could not cath the illness.some would often cach the plague because it was some times contageous

Leeches were a popular cure in the tudor.Basically when you put them on your skin they would suck your blood out because the tudors belived that they were ill because they had too much blood!

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This is Tobacco.They used this because they belived it would make them better if they smoked it.